Epstein Secrets

of human-level commonsense reasoning. After a good deal of argument, several participants converged upon a vision from The Diamond Age, a novel by Nell Stephenson. That novel envisioned an "intelligent book"--The Young Ladies Illustrated Primer--that, when given to a young girl, would immediately bond with her

mans, such as solving integrals, they have difficulty performing commonsense tasks that are easy for humans, such as understanding stories. In this Technical Forum contribution, we discuss commonsense reasoning and what makes it difficult for computers. We contend that commonsense reasoning is too hard a proble

of human-level commonsense reasoning. After a good deal of argument, several participants converged upon a vision from The Diamond Age, a novel by Nell Stephenson. That novel envisioned an "intelligent book"—The Young Ladies Illustrated Primer—that, when given to a young girl, would immediately bond with her a

mans, such as solving integrals, they have difficulty performing commonsense tasks that are easy for humans, such as understanding stories. In this Technical Forum contribution, we discuss commonsense reasoning and what makes it difficult for computers. We contend that commonsense reasoning is too hard a proble

of human-level commonsense reasoning. After a good deal of argument, several participants converged upon a vision from The Diamond Age, a novel by Nell Stephenson. That novel envisioned an "intelligent book"--The Young Ladies Illustrated Primer--that, when given to a young girl, would immediately bond with her

mans, such as solving integrals, they have difficulty performing commonsense tasks that are easy for humans, such as understanding stories. In this Technical Forum contribution, we discuss commonsense reasoning and what makes it difficult for computers. We contend that commonsense reasoning is too hard a proble